Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:32 by shalini.bahadur
Houston, Sept. 23: Mark DeRosa and Yadier Molina each drove in a pair of runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals in a 11-2 drubbing of Houston Tuesday.
The win chipped the Cardinals' magic number in the National League Central to two games.
Colby Rasmus hit his 16th home run of the season as part of a 15-hit St. Louis attack.
Joel Pineiro (15-11) got the win with seven solid innings. Pineiro, the third St. Louis starter to reach 15 wins this season, held the Astros to one run on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.
Yorman Bazardo (0-2) took the loss after being roughed up for six runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings.
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Tue, 09/22/2009 - 09:21 by harsheeb
Houston, Sept. 21 -- Mark DeRosa had two home runs and four RBI Monday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 victory over the Houston Astros.
Dave Clark, previously the Astros' third-base coach, was named interim manager earlier Monday after Cecil Cooper was fired. But Houston suffered its eighth straight loss as the Cardinals had 15 hits.
Albert Pujols doubled twice, Skip Schumaker had three hits and Matt Holliday went 2-for-4 with an RBI for St. Louis.
Winning pitcher Kyle Lohse (6-8) allowed three runs on five hits in six innings.
St. Louis reduced its magic number for clinching the NL Central to three.
Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez (13-11) allowed six runs on nine hits in five innings.
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Thu, 08/27/2009 - 11:56 by preet_20
St. Louis, Aug. 26: Joel Pineiro gave up two runs in eight innings Wednesday in carrying the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth straight victory -- 3-2 over Houston.
The Cardinals have won each of Pineiro's last 10 starts and he is 7-0 with a 2.65 ERA during that span. He improved to 13-9 by allowing seven hits and striking out five Wednesday.
St. Louis took command with a three-run first, when Mark DeRosa contributed a two-run double.
After giving up two runs in the fourth, Pineiro allowed only two singles until being relieved in the ninth by Trever Miller. Miller retired leadoff batter Lance Berkman in the ninth and then gave way to Ryan Franklin.
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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:27 by preet_20
San Diego, Aug. 21: A grand slam homer by Brendan Ryan and a four-hit performance by Joel Pineiro Thursday lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over San Diego.
The Cardinals are 3-1 on a seven-game western road trip and have reached 70 victories for the season.
Ryan's homer -- his second long ball of the season in 272 at bats -- came in the second inning. Pineiro (12-9) took over from there, carrying a two-hitter into the eighth inning.
Pineiro eventually loaded the bases with two away in the eighth and was replaced by Kyle McClellan, who got David Eckstein on a grounder to shortstop to end the threat.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 09:59 by preet_20
Pittsburgh, Aug. 8: Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer Friday as St. Louis beat Pittsburgh 6-4.
The homer gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead with two outs in the top of the first.
Mark DeRosa, like Holliday, a trade-deadline acquisition, had three hits, including a solo homer.
Ryan Ludwick, Khalil Greene and Skip Schumaker each had one RBI, while Albert Pujols added three hits for the Cardinals, who have split their last four games.
Winner Chris Carpenter (11-3) surrendered four runs and nine hits in eight innings.
Closer Ryan Franklin earned his 25th save.
Pittsburgh's Garrett Jones and Ryan Duomit hit solo homers.
Delwyn Young had two hits and one RBI.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:07 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 4: Albert Pujols hit a grand slam homer in the 10th inning Tuesday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-7 victory over the New York Mets.
Pujols wound up 4-for-5 with two home runs and St. Louis scored eight runs over the final three innings.
The Mets held a 7-4 lead heading into the top of the eighth, but Pujols' first homer cut into the Cardinals' deficit. St. Louis rallied to tie the game in the ninth against Francisco Rodriguez, who suffered his fourth blown save of the season.
Kyle McClellan (3-2) pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth but St. Louis went ahead in the 10th with a one-out rally.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:47 by surajdogra
St. Louis, July 30: Albert Pujols singled home Julio Lugo from second with two out in the 15th inning Wednesday, giving St. Louis a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Pujols finally ended a five-hour game that saw the Cardinals win their third straight and stay in a virtual tie with the Chicago Cubs atop the National League Central. The Dodgers have lost four in a row.
St. Louis scored in the ninth to tie it at 1-1 and both sides produced a run in the 11th.
Los Angeles missed a chance to take the lead in the 12th when Manny Ramirez was thrown out at home trying to score from second on a two-out single by Casey Blake.
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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:15 by surajdogra
St. Louis, July 29: Adam Wainwright struck out five and held the Los Angeles Dodgers scoreless over eight innings in St. Louis's 10-0 romp Tuesday.
Wainwright (12-6) allowed eight hits and one walk en route to the victory, which gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the four-game set between the leaders of the National League Central and West.
Mark DeRosa had a three-run homer for St. Louis, and Ryan Ludwick and Yadier Molina each drove in a pair.
Los Angeles outhit the Cards 9-8 but stranded all nine runners.
St. Louis scored six times in the sixth inning to blow open a fine pitching duel between Wainwright and Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley (10-6), who was tagged for six runs on four hits and walked six in 5 2/3 innings.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:15 by surajdogra
St. Louis, July 27: Brendan Ryan was 4-for-4 with two RBI and Mark DeRosa added a solo homer Monday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Chris Carpenter (9-3) pitched seven-plus innings and gave up one run, nine hits and two walks for St. Louis, which had lost five of seven prior to Monday. Rick Ankiel had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the Cardinals.
Losing pitcher Randy Wolf (5-5) allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks in six innings.
The Dodgers grounded into four double plays and left 11 on base. Rafael Furcal was 3-for-4 and drove in the only Dodgers run.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 07/22/2009 - 12:15 by surajdogra
Houston, July 22: A grand slam home run by Carlos Lee led the Houston Astros past the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 Tuesday.
Hunter Pierce added a two-run shot and Miguel Tejada drove in three runs for Houston, who out-hit the Cardinals 11-8 and scored in double digits for the first time since May 13.
Mark DeRosa had two home runs for the Cardinals and Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer.
Houston jumped to a 10-1 lead by scoring five runs in the seventh, including four on Lee's grand slam off P.J. Walters.
St. Louis scored five of their own in the eighth with back-to-back home runs by Ludwick and DeRosa.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 02:38 by surajdogra
St. Louis -- Cardinals' utility man Mark DeRosa has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a the team said.
The action is retroactive to July 1.
St. Louis acquired DeRosa June 28 from Cleveland for pitcher Chris Perez and a player to be named later.
DeRosa is hitless in nine at bats, with one walk, since he was acquired by the Cards. He was batting .270 with 13 home runs in 71 games with Cleveland.
Also in St. Louis, the Cards optioned infielder Tyler Greene to Memphis, and recalled infielder Brian Barden and outfielder Nick Stavinoha from the Triple-A team.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sun, 06/28/2009 - 23:41 by Salinder Kumar
St. Louis -- The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired utility man Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians for reliever Chris Perez, a future closer, and a player to be named.
The deal, made late Saturday, helped the Cardinals kill two birds with one stone.
They obtained a good all-around player who can play either infield or outfield positions and he played for their hated National League Central rivals, the Chicago Cubs, last season.
Many Cubs fans were upset when the news broke.
"We felt that this deal provided us with an excellent opportunity to improve our team, especially from an offensive standpoint," said St. Louis General Manager John Mozeliak.
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